Signal device for dispensing pumps



Nov. 17, 1936. c. s. HAZARD SIGNAL DEVICE FORDISPENSING PUMPS Filed Marchle, 1956 s sheets-sheet 1 xNvENToR (kar/as 6T Hazard ATTORNEYS MIIIIIII yIIIIIII'I Nov. 17, 1936. C. s. HAZARD SIGNAL DEVICE FOR DISPENSIN G PUMPS Filed March 16, 1956 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 NOV. 17, 1936. c s HAZARD l 2,061,538

SIGNAL DEVICE FOR DISPENSING PUMPS I Filed March 16, 1936 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 HH 0S E/:U/f H/S .SHLE

INVENTOR @zar/fs S. Hazard ATTORNEYS 'Patented Nov. 17, 1936 2,061,538 REISSUED SIGNAL DEVICE FOR DISPENSING PS Charles S. Hazard, New York, N., Y., assignor 'to Neptune Meter Company, a corporation of New Jersey Application March lii, i936, Serial No., 69,059 l5 Clas, (Cl. 2215-95) This invention is directed to a warning signal interconnected with an indicating register on a liquid dispensing pump for informing customers whether or not the indicator was at Zero posi- 5 tion at the beginning of a dispensing operation.

Dispensing -pumps are known in which a means for controlling the ow of the liquid is interconnected with a means for resetting the indicating register to zero position. One type of vl device is provided with switch connections for starting or stopping the pump', either simultaneously with the return of the indicator to zero position, or after the indicator has been returned to zero. Devices of this type are shown in l the U. S.Patent Nos. 1,970,361 and 1,953,598.,l

Another type of dispensing pump is provided with a valve -in the liquid lconduit which upon actuation by a manually controlled device either permits the liquid to ilow through the dispensing y hose or prevents it from doing so, depending upon whether or not the indicator has been reset to zero. This type of interlocking dispensing device is shown in the U. S. Patent No. 2,622,932.

The present invention is directed to a dis# pensing device in which the pump motor is controlled by a movable hook upon which the hose is supported, the operation of the motor being entirely independent of the position of the indicator at the beginning of a dispensingloperation. In order to cau'se an accurate indication of the amount of liquid dispensed, the pump is provided with a warning signal device which informs the customer as to the conditionv of the indicator prior to a dispensing operation.

More specifically, the. warning signal is interconnected with a manually operated device which upon actuation resets the indicator to zero position and releases the signal device for move- 4 ment into such a position that a designation 4o will appear in the indicator dial showing that the indicator has been reset to zero. If the indicator is not reset to zero, the signal device is capable of movement through a. different distance, at the end of which movement the device is stopped, thereby moving the signal into such a position that a designation showing that the indicator has not been reset` to zero wilLappear on the indicator dial.

The specic means for limiting the movement ofthe warning signal preferably consists of a control member which is displaceable only after the indicator is'at zero position. The operation of the control member is entirely dependent upon the positive engagement of stop means on the indicator so that the control device cannot be displaced until the indicator is positively located at zero position.

It will thus be understood that the purpose of this invention is to inform the customer as to whether or not the indicated amount of liquid 5 has actually been dispensed, therebycausing the operator of the dispensing device to reset the indicator prior to every dispensing operation to avoid the lossof patronage through argument with customers. 10

The present invention has the further desirable ieature that if the customer desires to obtain an additional quanity of liquid after a dispensing operation has been completed and the y dispensing hose has been returned to the hose 15 hook stopping the motor; the removal of the hose from the hook will again start the motor and pump to dispense an additional quantity of liquid and the two quantities of fluid will be totalized on the indicator. f

With thisr explanation in mind, reference is made to the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure l is an elevation of the dispensing device With a portion of the housing removed;

Figure 2 is a. plan view partially broken away 25 of a detail of the resetting mechanism for `the indicator and the interlocking controls for the signal devige;

Figure 3 is a View in elevation of the resetting mechanism for the indicator and the interlock- 30 ing controls for the signal device; also partially broken away;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a detail of the latch lever and the cam lever; p

Figure 5 is a sectional 'view of the lost motion 35 connection between the resetting crank shaft and the shaft for resetting the indicator; Figure 6is a sectional View of the lost motion connection taken on line 6-6 of Figure 5;

Figure '7 is a view in elevation of the lost motion 40 connection with the housing removed;

Figure 8 is a view in elevation of a detail of the signal operating means with the latch lever shown diagrammatically in three positionsj and Figure 9 is a view in elevation of the signal 45 plate carrying the designations. t

The dispensing device indicated generally as A in Figure l includes uprights 2 for supporting various elements. A cross member 4 carries the motor 6, provided with a switch 1, for driving a 50 pump 8 to pump the liquid from a source of supply (not shown). Supported o n upper cross member I0 is a meter l2 of any desired type. A

conduit I4 connects the inlet side of the pump 8 to the source of liquid supply. A second conduit I 6 leads from the outlet of the pump to the meter l2; and a third section of the conduit |8l leads from the outlet of the meter to a dispensing hose 20 having a nozzle 22. The nozzle 22 has a hand controlled valve 24 thereon of any well known type.

Connected to the meter |2, through gearing and a friction clutch (not shown) is an indicator provided with an aperture 28, the purpose of which will be later described. It will be understood that any conventional type of gearing may be provided between the meter and the indicator hands, and that either one or two hands may be provided for indicating the number of gallons and fractions of gallons of fluid dispensed, these elem'ents forming no part of the present invention. For purposes of illustration, there is disclosed one indicator hand, only. The purpose of the clutch between the indicator and the meter is to permit rotation of the indicator hand to zero position Without necessitating the nutation of the disk in the meter, or turning the gears between the meter and the indicator.

In one wall of the housing C for the device is an aperture through which projects a support 32 for the hose nozzle V22 pivoted at 34. A hand 'crank 36 on shaft 38 is'journalled in bearing 40 in the housing C. In alignment with the shaft 38 and connected for movement therewithand also relatively thereto, as hereinafter explained, ls another shaft 42 journalled in bearings 44 and 46 in journal plates 45 and 41, supported in any desired manner in the housing. Pinned to shaft 42 for rotation therewith is pinion 48 (Figures 2, 3, and 5) meshing with gear 50 to turn gears 5i?7 52 and 54 upon.'rotation of shaft 42. Gears 50,

'52, and 54 are supported for rotation on lever 58 which is loosely supported on shaft 42 for free movement thereabout.

The end gear 54 of a train of gears is arranged to engage with a pinion 58 pinned to shaft 68 journalled in bearings in journal plates and 4l (as shown in Figure 2). At the outer end of shaft 60 is a bevel gear 62 engaging a similar bevel gear 64 which is in turn pinned to shaft 66 for rotation therewith. Shaft 66 is journalled in bearings 68 in the housing C and carries at its ends indicator hand 10 as shown in Figure l. It will be understood that this shaft may drive a gear train mechanism for operating two hands on the indicator for indicating whole and partial gallons of fluid dispensed. For purposes of illustration, however, it will be assumed that a shaft 66 is directly connected to the hands 10. To shaft 66 is also connected the gearing (not shown) from the meter |2 and shaft 66 is rotated thereby to register the quantity of. fluid passing through the meter. As shown in Figure 1 the shaft 66 also carries a single tooth cam 12, which upon rotation in a counterclockwise direction is engageable with a pawl 14 mounted on the housing or the back of the indicator dial to stop the indicator hand at zero position on the dial. Assuming that gear 54 is engaged with pinion 58, rotation of the crank 36 will cause rotation of shaft 42, shaft 60, shaft 66, and will return the hand 10 in a counterclockwise direction to zero position where the pawl 14 will engage the tooth of cam 12 and stop rotation of the shafts 66, 60 and 42.

As previously mentioned, shafts 38and 42 are relatively movable through the mechanism disclosed in Figures 5, 6, and '7 and indicated generally as D. As shown in Figure 5, the mechanism D consists of a recessed disk 16 pinned to shaft 42 for rotation therewith. Supported in the recess of the disk and secured thereto is a cam member 18, having diametrically spaced lobes 80. Attached to the recessed disk 16 by stud bolts 82 is a housing member 84 which is shiftable away from the disk 16 against the compression of springs 86. Supported rigidly in the housing 84 is a bearing plate 88, through which shaft 38 projects and 9s rotatable with the relation thereto. Passing dlametrically through the shaft 38 is a pin 92 carrying at each end a set of independently rotatable rollers 94 and 96, roller 96 being of greater diameter than 94, as best shown in Figure 6. The roller 94 engages the cam lobes 80 when the shaft 38 is rotated relatively to shaft 42, the rollers riding upon the cam and displacing the housing 84 axially'of the shaft 38, with rollers 95 bearing against the plate 88. Thus when the indicator is stopped at zero position by engagement of pawl 14 and cam 12, the shaft 42 is also stopped as previously indicated, and a further rotation of shaft 38 by crank 36, causes an axial displacement of housing 84, against the compression of springs 86.

Supported on a bracket |00 (Figure 2) on the journal plate 45 by a pivot pin |02, is a control member |04 having a projection |06, extending across the flange 98 and adapted to be rocked in a counterclockwise direction as viewed in Figure 2, by displacement of housing 84. At the opposite end of the control member Illlt is a projection 01, having along one lateral edge an inclined surface |08 for a purpose later to be described.

Journalled in plates 45 and 41 is a shaft ||0, as shown in Figures 2, 3, and 4, having pinned thereto` at opposite ends a latch lever i2 and a signal actuating lever ||4. The latch lever ||2 carries at its free end a pair cf spaced lug members I8, I |8 between which is pivotaby supported latch |20 which normally overlies, but does not engage the projection |01 on the control member |04, as shown in the full lines in Figures 3 and 8. Projecting from a lateral edge of the latch lever ||2, is a stop lug |22 for a purpose to be described.

Loosely supported on shaft |0 is a yoke member |24 having arms |26 and |28 through which passes the shaft 0. Attached to the yoke member |24 is a lever |30 which is shown as being integral with the yoke member. At the outer end of lever |30 is an inclined cam surface |32 which is engageable with an edge of the projection |01 when the control member |04 is displaced condition. Upon movement of the lever |30 in a clockwise direction, the control member |04 is returned from a displaced position clockwise to the position shown in Figure 2. The yoke |24 is also provided with a stop arm |33 which projects in the opposite direction from the lever |30 and which is engageable with a portion of the housing to limit the movement of the lever to the position shown in Figure 3. Connecting the lever I2 for movement with lever |30 is torsion spring |34 which tends to hold stop lug |22 against the lever |30. Also connected to yoke |24 is a lever |36 having an offset portion |38. Pivotally connected to lever |36 is one end of a link |40, the other end of which is pivotally connected to lever 56 for moving the gear 54 into and out of engagement with pinion 58 on shaft 60, as levers |36 and' |30 are moved up and down around shaft ||0. Connecting the inner end of the hosesupport and offset |38 of lever |36 is a link |42, a second link |44 connects lever |36 through oi!- set portion |38 to the motor switch 1, through arm |46. A weight |48 is provided on arm |46 for moving the arm |36, |38 downwardly and for throwing the switch 1 into on position to start the motor and pump. The weight of the hose 20 and nozzle 22 is suilicient to move the lever switch arm |46 and weight |48 with levers |30 and |36, |38 to olf position to stop the motor and pump, and to engage gear 54 with pinion 58.

Thus when the hose is removed from the hook, the weight |48 pulls yswitch |46 down to 'on"7 position, rotates the levers |38, |36 in a counterclockwise direction to disconnect gear 54 from pinion 58y to move lever |30 downwardly and through torsion spring |34, pull latch lever ||8 down to engage the latch |20 with projection |8l7 on the control member, and also move lever downwardly. K

Connected to the free end of lever it by pivot |50 is one end of a link |52, the opposite end of.

which is connected by pivot |54 to a pawl carrying member |56 having pawl |58 pivoted thereon. Pawl |58 is biased in a counterclockwise direction by spring |60. The pawl carrying member |56 is supported for oscillatory movement on shaft 60, and the pawl engages with a four toothed ratchet |62, integral with or rigidly attached to gear |64, also loosely rotatable on shaft 68. Meshing with gear |64 is a pinion, |66, rotatably mou ed on stud shaft |68 supported on plate member 41. The gears |64 and pinion |66 are so proportioned that one revolution of gear .|68 lcauses four revolutions of pinion |68. Projecting from the pinion |66 is a crank pin |10, engaging in an arm |12 on the signalling device. Arm |12 is pivotally connected at ||4 to the signal carrying arm |16 which is in turn pivotal- 1y supported at |18 for oscillatory movement as the crank |10 is rotated. Attached to the-opposite ends of signal carrying arm |86 are signal members |80 which are approximately twice as wide as the vertical width of the aperture 28 in the signal dial and fall directly behind the aperture. As shown in Figure 9, the upper half of the signal member on the left is provided with a. designation indicating that the indicator has not been reset to zero position and the lower half of the signal member is provided with the designation indicating that the indicator has been reet to zero. The signal member at the right has the location of the designations reversed. With this arrangement, the designations exposed through opposite dial apertures will be the same, no matter what the position ofarm |16 may be.

The operation of the device is as follows: Assuming that a dispensing operation has been completed and the dispensing hose has been returned to the movable hose support, 32, and that a l@ gallon quantity of fluid has been delivered in the dispensing operation; the indicator will then read 10 gallons, the motor will be stopped and the control member projection |01 will be located under the latch |20 on latch lever ||2 with the latter in its highest position as shown in Figures 3 and 8.

To dispense another quantity of fluid, the hose is removed from the hook 32 permitting it to swing upwardly, thereby closing the switch, start- ,ing the motor and pump, moving the gear 54 out of' engagement with pinion 58 on the shaft 60, and moving latch lever ||2 and lever |30 downwardly. Latch |20 engages the projection |01 on the .control member |04, thus moving only approximately one-half of the distance through which it is capable of moving (see Figure 8). Lever ||4 also moves througha corresponding arc and the pawl |58. moved by link |52 engages the ratchet |62, turning gear |64 through oneeighth of a revolution. The ratio between gear |64 and pinion |66, being 1 to 4, pinion |66 is rotated through 180, thereby moving the crank pin |`|8 into its lowest possible position or 180 from the position disclosed in Figure 8. This displaces lever H2 downwardly, rocking signal carrying ||6 counterclockwise, and exposing through the aperture in the indicator the designation warning the customer that the indicator has not.

been reset to zero. lf the valve 24 in the dispensing nozzle 22 is then opened to dispense the fluid, the warning signal will remain in the indicator aperture, informing the customer that the iinal amount of the reading on the indicator dial is inaccurate.

Assuming the same situation to exist as that set forth in the first paragraphof the description of the operation of the device; to cause the signal to indicate that the indicator has been reset to zero, the resetting crank 38 is turned to cause the indicator to -return counterclockwise to zero position through the rotation of shafts 88, 82 the train of gears, t8, 58, 52, 5ft and 58, shaft liti, gears 88 and 66| and shaft The indicator shaft 66 turns until stop means l2 and it engage, thereby preventing further rotation of shaft 68, gears 418, 58, 52, 54| and 88, shaft 82, and cam surface lil, 88. Further rotation of crank 38 causes rotation of shaft and rollers 88, 96 relatively to cam 88,

spring |88, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 8.

Lever, Het, moving with latch lever, H2, causes pawl |58 to rotate ratchet |62 and gear |64 through one-fourth of a revolution, thereby turning the gear |66 and crank pin |80 through 360, and oscillating signal support arm |86, but finally returning the arm and signal to the position shown in Figure 8, whereby the designation indieating that the indicator has been reset to zero position is exposed through the aperture in the indicator dial. The hand valve on the nozzle is then opened to dispense the uid, the quantity of uid being registered on the indicator. Ardispensing operation having been completed, the replacement ofthe hose upon the support 3|? causes link |42 to force lever |38, |36 upwardly, moving cam lever |30upwardly against stop lug |22, and moving'levers ||4 and latchy H8 upwardly in a clockwise direction. The link |44 lifts switch arm |86 to.off position, thereby stopping the motor.A As cam leverf`|30 moves upwardly, e cam surface |32 engages an edge of projection |01 on the control lever |04 turning the latter clockwise as viewed` in Figure 2. The cam surface |08 engages latch |20, tilting it back so that the pro- `equivalents of the structure( disclosed; that there may be many variations in the usage to which.

the signal device and the dispensing apparatus, as a whole, may be put, all falling within the scope of the invention as defined in the following claims.

I claim:

1. In a warning signal for dispensing pumps, a member having two designations thereon, each of which is individually exposable to view, a movable arm carrying said member, a latch lever operatively connected to said arm for moving the member, and control means movable to two positions, in one of which the latch lever -is engageable with the control means and in the other the latch member passes beyond the control means, to thereby expose the designation corresponding to the posit-ion of the control means.

2. In a Warning signal for dispensing pumps, a member having two designations thereon, each of which is individually exposable, a movable arm supporting the said member, means including a pawl and ratchet for moving said arm, a lever carrying said pawl, a latch lever connected to the pawl carrying lever for movement therewith, and control means movable to two positions, in one of which the latch lever engages the control means and in the other the latch member passes beyond the control means, to thereby expose the designation corresponding to the position of the control means.

3. In a warning signal for dispensing pumps, a control member movable to a plurality of positions, a pivoted latch lever engageable with the control member in one position of the latter, and free of the control lever in another position of the latter, a second lever connected to and movable with the latch lever, a signal device including a member having a plurality of individually exposable designations thereon, and means connecting the second lever to the signal device member for moving the latter to expose the designation corresponding to the position of the control member.-

4. In a warning signal for dispensing pumps, a control member movable to a. plurality of positions, a pivoted latch lever engageable with the control member in one position of the latter, and free of the control lever in another position of the latter, a second lever connected to and movable with 'the latch lever, a signal device including a member having a plurality of individually exposable designations thereon, and means including a pawl and ratchet and a crank for connecting the second lever to the signal device member for moving the latter to expose the designation corresponding to the position of the control member.

5. A dispensing pump having a housing, an indicator on the housing, means for resetting the indicator to a predetermined position, an aperture in the housing, a signal device including a member having two designations thereon, one of which indicates that the indicator has been reset to the predetermined position and the other indicates that the indicator has not been reset to the predetermined position, and means connected to the resetting means for moving the member to expose through the aperture one of said designations corresponding to the position of the indicator.

6. A dispensing device, comprising a housing having an aperture therein, fluid flow producing means, a pivoted hose hook connected to said means for controlling the fluid flow, an indicator on the housing, means forresetting the indicator to a predetermined position, a signal device including a member havingtwodesignations thereon, one indicating that the indicator has been reset to the predetermined position, and the other indicating that the indicator has not been reset tothe predetermined position, and means operatively connected to the signal device, the reset- 4ting means and the hose hook, for exposing through the aperture only the designation corresponding to the position of the indicator.

7. In combination with a dispensing device having an indicator and means for resetting. the

means for resetting the indicator to zero posi-` tion, and a signal device operatively connected to the resetting means for indicating either that the indicator has or has not been reset to zero position.

9. In a fluid dispensing device, an indicator for registering the quantity of fluid dispensed, means for resetting the indicator to zero, a control member displaceable by the resetting means when the indicator has been reset to zero, a movable signal having actuating means movable into engagement with the control member prior to,

displacement of the latter and movable beyond the control member after the latter has been displaced.

10. A dispensing device, comprising a fluid dispensing means, means for measuring the quantity of fluid dispensed, an indicator connected to the measuring device for registering the quantity of fluid dispensed and means for resetting the indicator to zero; in combination with a signal device movable to two positions, a control member engageable with means connected with the signal device to stop the latter in one position, said control member being displaceable to allow the signal device to move to the second position, after the indicator has been reset to zero.

11. In a iluid dispensing device, means for dispensing fluid, means for measuring the quantity of fluid dispensed, an indicator connected to the measuring means for registering the quantity of iluid dispensed, means for resetting the indicator to zero position, and signal means movable to one position if the indicator has not been reset to zero and movable to a different position only after the indicator has been reset to zero.

1 2. In a fluid dispensing device, means for dispensing fluid, means for measuring the quantityl of fluid dispensed, an indicator connected to the measuring means for registering the quantity of fluid dispensed, a signal device movable to two positions, one indicating that the indicator has aceites not been reset to zero position, and the other indicating that the indicator has been reset to zero, and means for resetting the indicator to zero position, said signal device being movable to said other position only after the indicator has been reset to zero.

13. In a fluid dispensing device, the combination of a fluid pump, a meter for measuring the quantity of fluid pumped, an indicator connected to -the meter for registering the quantity of fluid pumped, movable means for resetting Athe indicator to initial position, means connected to the resetting means displaceable by movement of the resetting means after the indicator has been returned to neutral position, a control member engageable with the displaceable means and movable upon displacement of the latter, a signal device including a pivotally supported arm, rotary crank means for swinging the arm, a ratchet-driven gear for rotating the crank, a pivoted lever connected toa pawl engaging with the ratchet, a latch lever movable with the pivoted lever and engageable with the control member in one position of the latter and movable beyond the control member when it has been displaced, and a third lever connected to the latch lever for starting and stopping the pump.

14. In a fluid dispensing device, the combination of a uid pump, means for actuating the pump, a meter for measuring the quantity of fluid dispensed, indicating means for registering the quantity of fluid dispensed, movable means for resetting the indicator to zero, means conl nected to the resetting means, displaceable by movement of the resetting means after the indicator has been reset to zero, a control member engageable with the displaceable means, and movable upon displacement of the latter, a movable signal device including a pivotally mounted arm, a latch lever operatively connected to the pivotally mounted arm for movement therewith engageable with the control member in one position of the latter, but movable beyond the latter upon displacement thereof by the resetting means, another lever flexibly connected to the latch lever but capable of movement relatively thereto, said another lever being connected to the pump actuating means for moving the latch lever into engagement with or beyond the control member.

15. ln a dispensing device, the combination of means for dispensing uid, means for starting and stopping the dispensing means, an indicator for registering the quantity of fluid dispensed, means for resetting the indicator to a, predetermined position, a signal device movable to two positions for exposing designations indicating whether or not the indicator has been reset to the predetermined position, a latch member operativelyv connected to the signal device and resiliently connected to the means for starting and stopping the dispensing means for movement with and relatively to the latter for exposing the designation corresponding to the condition of the indicator with regard to its relation to the predetermined position.

` CHARLES S. HAZARD. 

